What if...
1. the Yankees trade for Jake Peavy
Unlike some of the other things on this list, this one is more likely (but still not) to happen. If the Yanks were to put together a package that could include the likes of Austin Jackson and Ian Kennedy, they could deal for the 2007 NL Cy Young (that would give them both of the 2007 Cy Young winners). Just imagine their rotation then: C.C. Sabathia, Jake Peavy, A.J. Burnett, Chien-Ming Wang, and Joba Chamberlain. That is an incredible rotation, possibly best all-time. To have a guy like Wang, who's won 54 games in just 4 years, including two 19-win seasons! It would be amazing.
2. the Yankees had traded for Johan Santana
The Yankees had all the pieces there. They could've easily traded for the 2008 NL Cy Young runner-up, however they wouldn't trade Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy and thus began the 2008 season empty-handed. If they had traded for Santana, they probably wouldn't of signed C.C. Sabathia (or mabye they would) so you could just substitute him in Sabathia's place. However, one's things certain; if they had traded for Santana, they would've been in the play-offs last year.
3. Pettitte doesn't come back
Brian Cashman is in Houston right now, talking with, longtime Yankee, Andy Pettitte. This has been the case the last couple seasons however it's a little different this year: The Yankees don't need him back this year. They could very easily sign another SP, most notably Ben Sheets or Derek Lowe. All Cashman is doing is going up to Pettitte and saying, "look, we don't really need you so here's 10 million dollars, take it or leave it." So this brings up the question of "what if he doesn't come back." Well, they move on. They go sign Sheets or Lowe or mabye a lower-teir guy. Or they put Pettitte's spot up for competition in their system. Either way, there'd be no #46 in the Bronx next year.
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